Prudencia Grifell
Born December 27, 1879 (Age: 146)
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Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Biography
Prudencia Grifell (December 27, 1879 – June 7, 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Era of the Cinema of Mexico. Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in theater in Venezuela and touring Spain and Latin America. By the 1900s she had become very popular and moved to Mexico to continue her career in stage, after the Spanish Civil War she decided not to go back to that country but instead to relocate in Mexico permanently after 1940. Three years later, already at the age of 61, she appeared in her first film Internado para señoritas ("Girls Boarding School") with the stars Mapy Cortés, Emilio Tuero and Katy Jurado. Just as Sara García, her co-star as the Vivanco sisters in two films, she mostly played feisty but lovable granny roles.
Prudencia Grifell (December 27, 1879 – June 7, 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Era of the Cinema of Mexico.
Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in theater in Venezuela and touring Spain and Latin America. By the 1900s she had become very popular and moved to Mexico to continue her career in stage, after the Spanish Civil War she decided not to go back to that country but instead to relocate in Mexico permanently after 1940.
Three years later, already at the age of 61, she appeared in her first film Internado para señoritas ("Girls Boarding School") with the stars Mapy Cortés, Emilio Tuero and Katy Jurado. Just as Sara García, her co-star as the Vivanco sisters in two films, she mostly played feisty but lovable granny roles.
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Filmography
Senda prohibida
1961
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as Federico's Mother
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Age: 81
Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961
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as
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Age: 81
No Image
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
1961
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as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
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Age: 81
La hermana blanca
1960
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as Madame Bernard
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Age: 80
Little Red Riding Hood
1959
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as Abuelita
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Age: 79
The Vivanco Ladies
1959
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as Teresa Vivanco
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Age: 79
México nunca duerme
1959
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Age: 79
The Smile of the Virgin
1958
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Age: 78
School for Mothers-in-Law
1958
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Age: 78
El hombre que me gusta
1958
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Age: 78
Préstame tu cuerpo
1958
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as Simplicia
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Age: 78
Mi desconocida esposa
1958
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as Abuela
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Age: 78
Horas de agonía
1958
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as
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Age: 78
Raffles
1958
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as Doña Constancia
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Age: 78
Sublime melodía
1956
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as
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Age: 76
Pensión de artistas
1956
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as
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Age: 76
The Third Word
1956
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as Angelina
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Age: 76
Angel Face
1956
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Age: 76
Melodías de amor
1955
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as Tía Amelia
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Age: 75
The Force of Desire
1955
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as Juana
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Age: 75
El plagiario
1955
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as
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Age: 75
X Murderer
1955
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as Señora Encinas
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Age: 75
El monstruo en la sombra
1955
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as
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Age: 75
Al Diablo Las Mujeres
1955
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as Doña Juanita
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Age: 75
Una mujer en la calle
1955
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Age: 75
Después de la tormenta
1955
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Age: 75